Sporadic leucodystrophy with neuroaxonal spheroids: Persistence of DWI changes and neurocognitive profiles: A case study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 619-622

  Mateen, Farrah J ^a   Keegan, B Mark ^a   Krecke, Karl ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^a   Trenerry, Max R ^a   Pittock, Sean J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; COGNITION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERSALIVATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LEG; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MACROPHAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPEECH DISORDER; SPHEROID CELL; STARTLE REFLEX;

AXONS; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHIES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953692294     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.169243     Document Type: Article

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